The big necessity
the unmentionable world of human waste and why it matters
by Rose George, Karen Cass · first published 2008
100% recommend
Human waste is a major public health threat: population growth is taxing even the most advanced sewage systems, and the disease spread by waste kills more people worldwide every year than any other single cause of death. Even in America, 1.95 million people have no access to an indoor toilet. Yet the subject remains unmentionable. The Big Necessity takes aim at the taboo, revealing everything that matters about how people do--and don't--deal with their own waste. George also explores the infrastructure disasters waiting to happen and the potential saviors: from China's five million biogas dige
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For an excellent book on sanitation, I can recommend "The Big Necessity" by Rose George. http://rosegeorge.com/site/books/the-big-necessity
on “India is drowning in its own excreta” ↗I really enjoy Rose George's writing. I'd recommend her previous books on container shipping ('Deep Sea and Foreign Going') and toilets ('The Big Necessity').
on “The History of Blood” ↗…education would have to be tailored to them. If you want to read a book about one of these problems (sanitation) and how aid efforts tend to go totally haywire for the same reasons OLPC does, read The Big Necessity. The needs are more basic. People require self-sufficiency in the basics before having a tablet computer is going to help. Agree with you on female education… especially also business education and…
on “Frighteningly Ambitious Startup Ideas” ↗